diff --git a/conf/Makefile.stm32-upload b/conf/Makefile.stm32-upload
index d4231f6328..e5a84cfd26 100644
--- a/conf/Makefile.stm32-upload
+++ b/conf/Makefile.stm32-upload
@@ -59,14 +59,20 @@ else ifeq ($(FLASH_MODE),DFU-UTIL)
 #
 # DFU flash mode using dfu-util
 DFU_ADDR ?= 0x08000000
+# verify if dfu-util version >= 0.7
+DFU_UTIL_VERSION = $(shell dfu-util --version | head -n 1 | awk '{print $$2}')
+VERIFY = $(shell echo '$(DFU_UTIL_VERSION)>=0.7' | bc)
 DFU_SIZE ?= $(shell ls -nl $^ | awk '{print $$5}')
 upload: $(OBJDIR)/$(TARGET).bin
 	@echo "Using dfu-util at $(DFU_ADDR)"
 	$(Q)dfu-util -d 0483:df11 -c 1 -i 0 -a 0 -s $(DFU_ADDR) -D $^
+ifeq ($(VERIFY),1)
+	@echo "Reading flashed bin file of size $(DFU_SIZE) for verification"
 	$(Q)rm -f $(OBJDIR)/verify.bla
 	$(Q)dfu-util -d 0483:df11 -c 1 -i 0 -a 0 -s $(DFU_ADDR):$(DFU_SIZE) -U $(OBJDIR)/verify.bla
 	$(Q)diff $^ $(OBJDIR)/verify.bla
 	$(Q)rm -f $(OBJDIR)/verify.bla
+endif
 
 #
 # serial flash mode